LC Subject Heading: Doctors--Maine
Item 79359
Hugh J. Chisholm, Rumford, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print
Item 9648
Alonzo Proctor Russell, Leeds, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Leeds Media: Photographic print
Item 116620
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1941 Location: Saco Client: William F. Mahaney Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Healthcare History in Maine
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to how people in Maine have given and received healthcare throughout history. Students will discuss the giving and receiving of medicines and treatments from the 18th-21st centuries, the evolving role of hospitals since the 19th century, and how the nursing profession has changed since the Civil War. Students will also look at how people and healthcare facilities in Maine have addressed epidemics in the past, such as influenza and tuberculosis, and what we can learn today from studying the history of healthcare and medicine.
